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2015 AIBC Annual Conference October 28-30 Program

ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

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2015 ANNUAL

OCTOBER 28- 30CONFERENCE

The 2015 conference theme is What’s Now – Insights and Directions. The theme acknowledges that, as a society, we are continually re-inventing the way we think, live, work and play in our world. Architects respond to this ever-changing landscape by evolving in many ways – from the way they communicate and conduct business to the way they design and build for the future. Naturally in the process, points of friction arise, which keep architects engaged and excited. How architects respond to this ever changing landscape will determine the relevance of the profession in the future.

VENUE

The 2015 conference takes place at the award- winning Vancouver Convention Centre – West, located at 1055 Canada Place in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. For complete venue information including details on facilities, maps, and accessibility, go to:

www.vancouverconventioncentre.com

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CONFERENCELeading the Way Forward

In the 21st century, the way we work and conduct business is vastly different from the last century. The challenge is determining how we – as members of the built community – keep up with the rapid pace of change.

For participants, the Architectural Institute of British Columbia’s annual conference is a unique opportunity to learn, to be inspired and to meet colleagues in the profession. The conference theme this year, What’s Now – Insights and Directions, acknowledges that we are continually re-inventing the way we think, live, work and play.

This year’s conference sessions will focus on current trends in architecture as well as present a balanced mix of technical and practical information that can be applied to projects today. Be prepared for lively and engaging presentations from eminent thought leaders in a variety of interdisciplinary fields.

It is vital now more than ever before to keep up with industry best practices and current developments. I encourage the AIBC community to come and join fellow colleagues at our dynamic annual conference where vision, innovation and leadership take centre stage.

Darryl Condon Architect AIBCAIBC Council President

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2015 AIBC Annual Conference October 28-30 Preliminary Program

Wednesday

October 28, 2015


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October 28, 2015Wednesday - Workshops

TRACK

7:00 am

10:00 am

10:30 am

12:00 pm

1:30 pm

3:00 pm

3:30 pm

5:00-9:00 pm

8:30 am

Post Disaster

SAP Training Session

Practice Builder

Bootcamp

W1 Post Disaster Safety Assessment Program Training WorkshopMichael Lingerfelt FAIA LEED AP, Daniel Stevens M.SC. A.B.C.P, Mike Andrews CEMThis workshop, based on California’s Safety As-sessment Program (SAP), will provide guidelines and procedures for making post-disaster building evaluations. The purpose of these evaluations is to determine whether damaged or potentially-dam-aged buildings are safe for use or if entry should be restricted or prohibited. Using local and inter-national case studies as well as technical hand-books, the instructors will provide attendees with an understanding of their potential role on a dam-age assessment team and provide guidance on evaluating structural, geotechnical, life safety and nonstructural hazards. Upon completion of this full day training, architects, interns, technologists and architectural students will be eligible to register on the AIBC’s post-disaster volunteer database upon its creation.6 Core LUs Room 122

W2 Practice Builder BootcampJames Cheng Architect AIBC B.ARCH M.ARCH FRAIC C.M., Michelle Fenton Architect AIBC MRAIC, Rick Linley M.Arch MAA FRAIC PMP LEED AP, Matthew Woodruff Architect AIBC MRAIC, Clinton Cuddington Architect AIBC MRAIC, Stefan Aepli Architect AIBC MRAIC SIA LEED AP, Scott Kemp Architect AIBC

Thinking about starting your own practice or buy-ing into an existing one? In this full day seminar style session, seasoned practitioners share their knowledge and experience to help inspire and guide participants who are considering ownership. Discuss the stumbling blocks and opportunities to successful ownership, whether establishing a new practice or leveraging your accomplishments to buy into an existing firm. Understand how to strategically position your new firm for success and growth. Gain an appreciation for the capital required to maintain a small firm through the emer-gent years to prepare for a thriving, sustainable practice. 6 Core LUs Room 121

*Lunch not provided

BREAKFAST + REGISTRATION

BREAK

LUNCH BREAK*

BREAK

Post Disaster


Post Disaster


Post Disaster


Practice Builder

Bootcamp

Practice Builder

Bootcamp

Practice Builder

Bootcamp

W1Disaster Preparedness W2Practice

Builder Bootcamp

EXHIBITORS’ NETWORKING

AIBC ARCHITECTURAL AWARDS PRESENTATION

Ballroom D

OPENING RECEPTION



Thursday

October 29, 2015


October 29, 2015Plenaries - Thursday

TRACK

7:00 am

10:00 am

10:30 am

12:00 pm

1:30 pm

3:00 pm

3:30 pm

5:00 pm

7:00 pm

8:30 am

MOVIE NIGHT: SAGRADA


Fluidity and Architecture

Architecture of Place

Disruptive Trends

BREAK

LUNCH

BREAK

RECEPTION

Designing Practice/ Practicing Design

T4T3

T2T1Fluidity and

ArchitecturePlenary

Architecture of Place Plenary


Plenary

Disruptive TrendsPlenary

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T1 Fluidity and ArchitectureLara Kaufman Architect CA LEED AP, Nana Last Ph.D., Josh Zabel, Jean Pierre Mahé Architect AIBC AAA B.SC. M.ARCH. MRAIC LEED APBD+CAs described in a paper by Dr. Nana Last, “Architec-tural fluidity is a social-spatial manifestation that entails the conjoining of forces, social, material, operational.” Join our panel in a discussion of this thesis as it relates to an evolving 21st century architectural expression that utilizes the image of fluidity in its spatial compo-sition, its relationship to the landscape, its use of new materials, and in formulating the interaction between people and buildings, and with each other. 1.5 Core LUs Ballroom C

T2 Architecture of PlaceKelly Edzerza-Bapty Intern Architect AIBC, Don Luymes, Otto Condon AICP, Charles Kelley AIA, Kirsten Murray AIAArchitecture says something about the land and its people; it defines a place and the behaviour of its inhabitants by providing a sense of identity. In this era of globalization, construction systems defined by con-stantly evolving technologies, speed of construction and demands for economy and efficiency, architects are faced with many variables to bring together into the design practice. Join this panel and explore four different approaches to the definition of “place” includ-ing: planning concepts for the city of Surrey; District scale sustainability in the form of Eco Districts; Global Place-making from a small scale regionalist approach incorporating traditions of craft and contextualism; Impact of modern development in Northern communities.1.5 Core LUs Ballroom C

T3 Designing Practice/Practicing DesignRick Linley M.Arch MAA FRAIC PMP LEED AP, Angèle Beausoleil Ph.D Candidate MA BAA, Jason Robbins Architect MAA, Andrew Bay BA (Econ.), CFPIn designing our practice, what constitutes the busi-ness of architecture? Is it about clients, staff, partners, consultants, authorities, contractors? What can we learn from practices in other professions, or from academics who study the structures of successful business teams? In practicing design, what presen-tations remind us, teach us, and inspire us with the qualities of good design? And what are the traditional elements which make “good architecture”? What tools, current or future, will make achieving “good architec-ture” more feasible and more common? Join us in this plenary panel as we explore these questions.1.5 Core LUs Ballroom C

T4 Disruptive TrendsCharles Leman Architect AIBC, Steven Fleming B.Sc. Arch. B.Arch (hon1) Ph.D., Kira Gerwing MScP., Robert Brown, Newsha Ghaeli

What theoretical, technological, social or economic innovations are disrupting existing professional practices? What effects are these innovations having in current practice? What long term changes are likely to come of these new ways of thinking about, designing and producing architecture? This plenary panel will discuss developments that have gone from an idea to reality in a few years (often without us noticing) but with long-term effects for the profession and practice of architecture. These changes often start out small in unrelated fields of industry or academia or as a groundswell from within the profession itself (as an example the rise of New Urbanism). One thing is sure; architecture won’t be the same after these influences arrive.

1.5 Core LUs Ballroom C

October 29, 2015Thursday - Plenaries

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MOVIE NIGHT RECEPTION 5:00-7:00 pm Ballroom D

Enjoy an evening of drinks and hors d’oeuvres with your fellow conference delegates and UBC SALA Alumni prior to the screening, October 29, 2015 from 5:00-7:00 pm.

October 29, 2015Thursday - Special Events

One of the most iconic and enduring human structures ever built, Barcelona’s La Sagrada Familia is a unique and fascinating architectural project conceived by Antoni Gaudi in the late 19th century. More than 125 years later after construction began, the basilica still remains unfinished.

SAGRADA celebrates Gaudi’s vision and the continuing work of countless laborers, artisans, designers and architects as they strive to complete the colossal project while delving into the mysterious process of artistic creation.1.5 Core LUs

7:00-9:00 pm Ballroom C MOVIE NIGHT SCREENING: SAGRADA: THE MYSTERY OF CREATION

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Sessions and speakers are subject to change. For updated information, please visit the conference website: www.ac2015.aibc.ca



Friday

October 30, 2015

Sessions - Friday


TRACK Fluidity and Architecture

Architecture of Place

Disruptive Trends


7:00 am

F4F3F2F1The Social Life of Digital Design

Indigenous Space: Architecture. Place.

Time.

Three Steps to Strengthen Your

Practice

Partnerships for Developing Social Purpose

Real Estate

F8F7F6F5ArchitecturalComposites

LRT, City Building and Placemaking in

Surrey

Aesthetics of Time

Why a Human Powered Mega

City Could Have the Fastest Commutes

10:00 am

10:30 am

12:00 pm

8:30 am

5:00 pm

F10F9CANCELLED

District-Scale Sustainability –

From Portland to DC and Tokyo F11Communicating

the Value of Architecture F12Sensing and

Actuating

F13What’s Old is New: Wood’s

Re-emergence in Structural + Architectural

Design in Commercial Buildings

F14NW Traditions, Global

Place-making F15The Affluent Architect F16The Automatic

Building: Design at the Push of a

Button

1:30 pm

3:00 pm

3:30 pm

BREAK

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October 30, 2015Sessions - Friday

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Bylaw Review Consultation Session: Investigations & Remedial Discipline

LUNCH

BREAK


F1 The Social Life of Digital DesignLara Kaufman Architect CA LEED AP, Josh ZabelSnøhetta’s Lara Kaufman, Senior Architect and Project Manager of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion, together with Josh Zabel, Vice President of Business Development at Kreysler & Associates, will discuss how design that encourages social engage-ment and interaction benefits from both the larger scale planning moves as well as the smaller scale details. This presentation will include stories of recent Snøhetta and Kreysler & Associates projects, consid-ering architecture through the lens of innovative fab-rication techniques and collaboration with cross-dis-ciplinary partners. Special focus on North American projects currently under construction.1.5 Core LUs Room 114 -115

F2 Indigenous Space: Architecture. Place. Time.

Kelly Edzerza-Bapty Intern Architect AIBCWe are entering a new era of consciousness and geo-political space wherein Indigenous perspectives play a huge role in understanding the shaping of the places in which we build. As architects, designers, planners, and developers this is something that is lucid within our practice as shapers of space both physically and in our ability to render ideas of space visible. Across the Pacific Rim, Indigenous Nations are revitalizing their traditional ways of being and dwelling, redefining their contemporary occupation, as stewards of their ancestral places. In doing so, Native Com-munities are carving out their contemporary space, re-building ancient structures and/or re-imagining their communities and associations to their traditional land-scapes, building contemporary spaces for cultural practice, governance, economics and generationally sustainable living. In this process the Architecture of Nations and Nation Architecture takes form.1.5 Core LUs Room 118

F3 Three Steps to Strengthen Your PracticeRick Linley M.Arch MAA FRAIC PMP LEED APDesign professionals help their clients every day to establish innovative strategies and tactics and then implement these. Yet doing the same thing in their own practice is often regarded as the dark side of the profession...treated with indifference. If design professions are going to continue to have meaningful impact on the built environment, they first have to strengthen their own firm. This session will help evolving firms and emerging practitioners realize they need to focus more effort on designing their practice.1.5 Core LUs Room 121

F4 Partnerships for Developing Social Purpose Real Estate

Kira Gerwing MScP., Robert Brown, Nic Paolella, Craig LocheadIn the tough business of real estate, developing partnerships and building collaborations are essential to success. None of us can work in silos anymore, we must rely on partners at all levels to broker real estate deals that resonate with the community, regulators, and the occupants themselves. In the real estate development industry, the terms ‘social impact’ or ‘social purpose’ are gaining popularity. Social purpose real estate is property and facilities owned and/or operated by mission-based organizations and investors for the purpose of community benefit, and to achieve blended value returns. Often it involves redeveloping under-utilized land to meet community needs, including affordable housing, a daycare, or community office or program space. Join us to learn more about this emerging trend! Our panel of speakers will share their real-life examples and outline challenges, opportunities and lessons learned.1.5 Core LUs Room 122

October 30, 2015Friday - Sessions

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Sessions - Friday



F5 Architectural Composites Josh ZabelKreysler and Associates is a custom fabrication shop specializing in architectural composites, large scale artwork, and digital fabrication. Since its founding in 1981 in California they have been building composite forms and structures for a diverse range of clients and applications over the years such as sets for Star Wars, sculptures for Claes Oldenburg, fish tanks for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, acoustic panels for concert halls, and increasingly, building facades. As building codes are starting to catch up, and digital design tools become more widespread which are essential for the management of the complex forms that take advantage of these materials, the doors are rapidly opening to building with fiberglass and other composites.1.5 Core LUs Room 114 - 115

F6 LRT, City Building and Placemaking in SurreyDon Buchanan MA Planning, Don Luymes, Brian McCarter FASLA AICPSurrey is in the midst of an unprecedented transfor-mation: from bedroom community to the province’s next metropolitan centre. This session explores how a strategic infrastructure investment can shape the future and create places for people. With the city’s new Official Community Plan guiding growth, learn how updates to Surrey City Centre and Town Centre plans will provide a framework for the emergence of a new architecture of place. Explore what kinds of opportunities the LRT project provides for creating vibrant, people-oriented places, with a presentation of a concept design for City Parkway in City Centre. See how the reality of cost, property impact, station locations and right of way influence how the vision takes shape.1.5 Core LUs Room 118

F7 Aesthetics of TimeVenelin Kokalov How many dimensions are there in architecture? In this presentation,Venelin Kokalov will focus on time as a design tool to influence human experience and changes in our society, and to create conditions for new social typologies that affect our behavior, emo-tions, thoughts and well-being. The session will ex-plore time as key at the beginning of the design, and the meaning of the immeasurable dimension in archi-tecture. We invite you to explore the dimension which architects are not accustomed to considering in their design process: TIME.1.5 Core LUs Room 121

F8 Why a Human-Powered Mega City Could Have the Fastest CommutesSteven Fleming B.Sc. Arch. B.Arch (hon1) Ph.D.We have become so accustomed to understanding our cities as they are presented to us by the trans-port engineering professions that as architects we no longer see our profession as the mainspring of urban planning. This presentation will challenge such assumptions and will help architects imagine a hy-pothetical city of millions of people, with virtually no machines of transport at all, where average commute times are reduced by one third; in other words, a city with no transport engineering, but better transport, wholly within architects’ skills sets to design. Moving from hypotheticals to specifics, the presentation will show how space for such an alternative development paradigm exists in the hidden space of most cities; that is, in space left over after planning (SLOAP) and space left vacant as cities enter their postindustrial phase.1.5 Core LUs Room 122

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Bylaw Review Consultation Session: Investigations & Remedial DisciplineBrian Sim Architect AIBC, Thomas Lutes Barrister & SolicitorThe Bylaw Review Committee is hosting a consultation session regarding a suite of substantive “investigations /discipline” bylaw amendments. The session will open with a presentation, followed by a Q&A.Time 12-1 pm. 1 Core LU Room 119-120


F10 District-Scale Sustainability – From Portland to DC and TokyoOtto Condon AICP, Charles Kelly AIAThe premise of district-scale sustainability, often referred to as an “EcoDistrict,” is simple: designing, implementing and operating energy, water and waste systems at a multi-block scale can achieve greater environmental, economic and place-making benefits than a collection of individual site or building-scale strategies. This session will review district-scale projects in three different cities with varying demo-graphic and development contexts to illustrate how district-scale strategies can lead to more resilient communities, exemplified by a vibrant mix of uses, transportation choice, high-performance landscapes and buildings, and shared stewardship, while also reducing natural resource consumption and improv-ing financial return.1.5 Core LUs Room 118

F11 Communicating the Value of Architecture

Jason Robbins Architect MAA

Communicating the value of architecture is extremely challenging. The Manitoba Association of Architects Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has spent a great deal of effort refining its value proposition - both the value of architecture and architects. This session will look at the work of Storefront Manitoba, Centre for Ar-chitecture Design & Urbanism, a non-profit group of multi-disciplinary professionals that work to “advance the awareness and appreciation of architecture, de-sign and the built environment,” and discuss the roles of the architect as they relate to a perception of value between emerging and established architects.1.5 Core LUs Room 122

F12 Sensing and ActuatingNewsha GhaeliThe MIT SENSEable City Lab was founded in 2005 as a joint venture between The MIT Media Lab and The MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning. The Lab investigates the possibility for new technologies to transform the analysis, design, and ultimately the inhabitation of urban space, while working with in-dustry partners, metropolitan governments, individual citizens, and disadvantaged communities around the world. In this talk, Newsha Ghaeli, a Fellow at the Lab, will present projects exemplary of how digital technologies are changing our understanding of the urban realm.1.5 Core LUs Room 121

F13 What’s Old is New: Wood’s Re-emergence in Structural and Architectural Design in Commercial Buildings Hugh Cochlin Architect AIBC MRAIC LEED AP, Tanya Luthi P.E., Sandy Treagus CFO Mountain Equipment Co-op, Jim Taggart FRAICThe recently opened Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) Head Office in Vancouver provides a glimpse into both the past and future simultaneously, with the rejuvenation of wood technology in a modern context. Wood was a deliberate choice in this contemporary structure, which met all considerations of sustainabil-ity, practicality, budget, code and performance. The success of this project has demonstrated that solid wood systems for commercial buildings are viable and desirable. The structural system used for MEC is highly replicable, and offers compelling evidence of how heavy timber construction may once again be-come a cost-effective system of choice for commer-cial buildings.1.5 Core LUs Room 114 - 115

October 30, 2015Friday - Sessions

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Sessions - Friday


F14 NW Traditions, Global Place-makingKirsten Murray AIAThis session will discuss how Olson Kundig’s core values, rooted in Northwest modernist traditions of craft and contextualism, have come to shape the firm’s work. With an increasingly global design prac-tice across diverse building typologies and geog-raphies, this session will explore the value of global place-making from a regionalist’s perspective.1.5 Core LUs Room 118

F15 The Affluent ArchitectAndrew Bay BA (Econ.) CFPArchitects are compensated to design. This is their passion and their livelihood. As a result, many im-portant decisions regarding the creation and struc-turing of their business – crucial to their ultimate financial success – are left forgotten or ignored. This presentation will outline and explain the various decisions faced by an architect in the creation of a business plan from a financial and legal perspective. Areas explored will include: Incorporation, Business Ownership Structures, and Risk Management and In-surance Needs Analysis. Participants will leave with a profound improvement in their understanding of these central themes and will also have an action plan for improving their personal business model.

1.5 Core LUs Room 121

F16 The Automatic Building: Design at the Push of a ButtonCharles Leman Architect AIBCThe building construction industry is notoriously ineffi-cient, and the enterprise of commissioning, designing and constructing a new building is a frustratingly slow and expensive process, fraught with risk, and uncertain outcome. Meanwhile, the expectations of performance, quality and cost continue to increase, along with the complexity of programs, systems and submissions to authorities having jurisdiction. Given this trend, is there any possibility of turning the industry on its head, and having buildings designed and delivered at the push of a button, like an IKEA kitchen? This presentation contemplates the long view of how technology might enable this both tantalizing and terrifying possibility, and identifies some of the gaps where paradigm shifts in the construction industry are required.1.5 Core LUs Room 122


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